Son of the Branwen

Chapter 47: True Colours

The sounds of gunfire could be heard from inside the Belladonna home, as the fight against the White Fang continued. Hawk spun his sword in a close circle, knocking away two spears that were aimed at him before he blasted the two Fang members away with an ice attack. Corsac charged towards Hawk, raising his dagger over his head. Hawk quickly blocked the attack using his short sword, but the blow caused Hawk's hood to fall down.

Corsac: "A human?! You must be Hawk Branwen. So, you are the one whom sister Ilia warned us about."

Hawk: "Ilia? What did you do to her?!"

Hawk attempted to slash him, but Corsac jumped away while giving a sickening smile. As if he was proud of himself.

Corsac: "We simply showed her the right path. She was stubborn at first, but given enough time she came around."

Hawk: "Y-you tortured her... You sick monster!"

Corsac: "Torture is such a cruel and senseless word. I prefer... re-educating."

Hawk yelled in rage and tried to charge Corsac, but was instantly tackled to the side by two more Fang members. The two attempted to stab Hawk with their swords, but Hawk had swept his arm in a wide arc and created a wide blast of ice. Their weapons froze on contact, and shattered into pieces as Hawk sliced them with his katana. Taking advantage of their shock, he subdued the two of them with kicks to the head.

As this happened, Ghira was busy fighting off three other Fang members. He was leaping around the entry hall, before pouncing towards two Fang members and tackled them down. The third tried to stab Ghira with her spear, but he caught it and lifted her off the ground. He then threw her into Fennec. Corsac looked away from Hawk and charged up his dagger, causing it to glow red as Ghira readies to throw the spear. As Ghira throws it, Corsac fired a fireball at him. The two attacks hit their targets, Ghira flinching as his aura protected him from the fireball while Corsac was pinned to the wall by his hood.

Fennec: "Brother!"

Fennec quickly got backed to his feet, and aimed his dagger at Ghira and Hawk. The weapon began to glow white as it fired a harsh gust of wind. Hawk was nearly blown off his feet, but Ghira grabbed him and put himself in front of Hawk. Ghira growled as he raised his arms to his face, trying to fight against the wind. Hawk glanced to their right to see a Fang soldier aiming his rifle at Ghira. Hawk raised both hands as they glowed, preparing to blast the soldier before he could fire. Suddenly, Sun broke through the window and kicked the soldier down.

Corsac managed to free himself from the pinned hood, firing his own dagger into Fennec's attack to create a combined attack at Ghira. Before it could hit him, Sun had leaped in front of the chief and began rapidly spinning his bow staff, holding back the attack.

Sun: "Hurry!"

Blake loaded a fresh clip into her gun as she stood on the terrace above the group. Corsac and Fennec saw her and began to fire attacks at Blake as she leaped down and landed in between the two in a crouched position. The brothers raised their daggers in synch, stabbing down at Blake. The moment they did, she pulled the trigger of her gun and used it to freeze their weapons in an ice clone of herself. Blake jumped away from them and landed beside Ghira. She turned and went wide eyed when she saw Hawk standing beside her.

Blake: "Hawk?! What are-"

Sun: "Wait... When did you get here?!"

Hawk: "Hey Blake! Good to see you! Now, can we catch up later?!"